Delhi Police on Monday formally arrested three accused, including two shopkeepers of Paneer Bhandar, who allegedly thrashed Nido Tania, a native of Arunachal Pradesh to death.
Arrested miscreants are Farman (22), Sunder (27) and Pawan (27). A senior police official said during the investigations conducted, Delhi Police had identified 6 persons out of which 2 are juveniles, 3 accused have been arrested for the assault committed by them. He also added that final post-mortem report from the medical board of doctors of AIIMS is awaited. He said the toxicology report from the forensic lab of CBI will also be taken into consideration.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of media reports about the killing of an Arunachal Pradesh student, who was allegedly beaten by some shopkeepers here, and asked the Centre to file a status report on the incident.
A bench of Chief Justice
NV Ramana and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notices to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi Government and Delhi Police seeking a status report on the incident by Wednesday and also details of the steps taken for safety of people from North-East staying in the Capital.